Peter Buffet – Finding Your Note – [Invest Like the Best, EP.153]
My guest today is Peter Buffett. Peter is a musician,
composer, author and philanthropist. Peter is an Emmy Award winner, New York
Times best-selling author and co-chair of the NoVo Foundation. We discuss
music, community, philanthropy, and finding ones note in life. This is a very
different episode much more about life in general, with no business or
investing discussed. Like his father Warren, Peter has the gene for phrasing
ideas in memorable ways, and I think you’ll find many great phrases in this
chat that will stick with you. I’ve been thinking about Peters idea making sure
those in your life are safe, seen, and celebrated ever since our chat.
Please enjoy.
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Show Notes
1:27 – (First Question) – Welcome and small talk
1:35 – Why Peter is in Kingston and how it plays into his foundation
work
4:01 – How moving from the city to the country changed Peter
6:27 – Seeing connections vs living abstractions
7:30 – What is the Nova
Foundation
11:03 – Historical points that inform his views
13:51 – Identifying qualitative negative side effects and
which ones they are attacking
17:51 – What makes for effective community
20:22 – Linkage between consumption and individualism
23:55 – The cultivation of work ethic, curiosity, and
education
23:57 – Life
Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
27:22 – Early exploration of his curiosity
32:26 – What has music taught Peter about music that is
unique to that experience
34:26 – Most memorable question a person has asked Peter at
his concert and conversation series
36:46 – What makes for good relationships, in particular
marriage
42:03 – What keeps people from putting in the work into a
relationship
45:11 – What he has learned about being a good friend
46:29 – How does one person have a relationship with a large
community
49:21 – Dark sides of the philanthropic world
49:54 – The
Charitable-Industrial Complex
53:21 – Dignity:
Seeking Respect in Back Row America
55:55 – What one spot would he send everyone to learn
57:48 – Traumas and helping people find their note
57:49 – The
Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
1:02:24 – What is he most interested in right now: how to
best use Nova’s funds
1:04:45 – Lessons from family
1:07:22 – Kindest thing anyone has done for Peter
